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Fonmon Castle

One Sunday in June, my wife persuaded me to go with her to a rare plants fair at Fonmon Castle, near Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is in a sylvan setting with splendid gardens and a walled vegetable garden to die for. It is owned by Sir Brooke Boothby, and is also a favourite venue for weddings in the Vale.

I believe Fonmon Castle is to have its own web site; I have no actual connection with Fonmon other than admiring its photogenic setting!

 Fonmon Castle

 

The Castle in summer

 rare plant show Derry Watkins, from Bath, was doing great business here.  
So nice of the sun to grace us with it's presence sunny day Virginia Creeper just June
retail therapy Someone is delegated as plant minder here. busy plant stall  

Albino Foxglove?

 

I loved the way the flowers grew over the paving

 
Alium Alium nice colour ...and again
Lupins and Delphiniums...

 

 lupins

...in the walled garden

 

 walled garden
Des Res

Clematis

 Taken in October 2003

Just a few months on and see how autumn has rung the colour changes.

 

 Autumn colours

Swansea Cardiff Nash Point Llandaff Cowbridge Aberthin Museum of welsh Life Industrial Archaeology Hot Air Balloon Llantwit Major Fonmon Castle The Vale Valleys Churches The Brecons Pen y Fan in summer Laugharne Millenium walks Solva and St. Davids Botanical Gardens Bike Trails Rusty old 'ladies' Pentyrch Open Gardens Concorde's last visit Dyffryn Gardens airborne: below 3000ft Aberglasney Barry Pendoylan Steaming in the rain Heritage Coast Tinkinswood

or take a look at Fonmon when re visited in 2003

2003